WestSaxon990(i)
1 [Note: In principio erat uerbum et uerbum erat apud deum. & deus erat uerbum. Hoc erat in principio apud deum. & reliqua. A. In principio erat uerbum, &c. B. ] On FRYMÐ WÆ word & þt word wæs mid gode & god wæs þt word.
2 þt wæs on fruman mid gode
3 ealle þing wæron geworhte ðurh hyne & nan þing næs geworht butan him.
4 þt wæs lïf þe on him geworht wæs. & þt lïf wæs manna leoht
5 & þt leoht lyht on ðystrum. & þystro þt ne genamon;
6 Mann wæs fram gode asend. þæs nama wæs iohannes.
7 ðes cöm to gewitnesse. þt he gewitnesse cyðde be ðam leohte. þt ealle menn þurh hyne gelyfdon;
8 Næs he leoht. ac þt he gewitnesse forð-bære be þam leohte;
9 Soð leoht wæs. þt onlyht ælcne cumendne man on þisne middan-eard.
10 he wæs on middan-earde. & middan-eard wæs geworht þurh hine. & middan-eard hine ne ge-cneow;
11 To his agenum he cöm. & hig hyne ne under-fengon;
12 Soðlice swa hwylce swa hyne under-fengon. he sealde him änweald þt hi wæron godes bearn þam ðe gelyfað on his naman.
13 ða ne synt acennede of blodum. ne of flæsces willan. ne of weres willan. ac hig synt of gode acennede;
14 And þt word wæs flæsc geworden & eardode on üs & we gesawon hys wuldor swylce äncennedes wuldor. of fæder þt wæs ful mid gyfe. & soðfæstnysse;